I've been having an issue with FPS dropping by 20+ frames, but it is very quick, and almost has no effect on my gameplay. But at really intense moments it causes momentary gameplay freeze (like net lag). It's more noticeable on high ping servers.

I have to Set ET.exe to CPU core 0, and run Xfire on CPU core 1. Same Dual Core problem as before.

If it wasn't for the quick drops, I wouldn't lag at all. :/

Anyone know if you can script WinXP to set Core Affinity on game startup?

i had this exact same problem with my old laptop, it would be fine for first few rounds then my fps is like 40 and drops to 5-10 then right back up, i couldn't find any fix but i think it has something to do with isp

i had this exact same problem with my old laptop, it would be fine for first few rounds then my fps is like 40 and drops to 5-10 then right back up, i couldn't find any fix but i think it has something to do with isp

If I had video capture I'd post a vid. You can barely tell it drops, but it's consistant, every 2-4 seconds, it will drop to 47, then back to my maxfps (60). Only hurts me in those all important corner turning shots.

pb is definitely causing lil lags, but i wouldnt say that ur fps drops are coming from pb (only)
i have lil fps "stutters" too and tried non pb servers/hosting a non-pb game without success... its hard to get rid of it :/

76 is the only "magic number" u mentioned^^ this is just imagination, theres no reason why it should jump to 43/76

oh come on, its nearly impossible to keep the connection perfect on a server the whole time, u will see these small connection spikes on all servers all the time (i even remember having that on a lan game with friends), the spikes go even higher at round start but thats normal, the serverconnection(quality) changes with the number of players connected, pb, other mods like etadmin,.(pb_ss,...).
your ss show perfectly normal server behaviour.
if its a pure fps lag, it should show in the lagometer anyway..
tce is not a perfect game, and it'll never be. we'll just have to live with the flaws it has^^